Gunshots were heard coming from government building in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning. Smoke was seen coming out of the EDI campus situated on the outskirts of Srinagar. Pampore is the site of the encounter in February where three Army para commandos were killed. Three terrorists were also killed in that 48-hour gun battle.

Opinion

The opportunity costs of vast tracts of unproductive state-owned land are significant, says an editorial in Mint. "Disposing of surplus government land is not easy. Lack of adequate land records and the absence of a single comprehensive land database, opposition from trade unions, illegal encroachment and lack of coordination between various ministries are all major issues. PSUs themselves are often in the dark as to the extent and nature of their holdings. Many of the steps involved in the monetisation of PSU land—such as identification of surplus land and approval from the relevant ministries—are lengthy and cumbersome," it says.

India has won the battle against militants and terror outfits from Pakistan. But it now confronts a far graver problem of winning over the youth of Kashmir, writes MK Narayanan in The Indian Express."Using force of the kind employed against the Lashkar, Jaish and Hizbul against today's 10 and 12-year-old schoolchildren would only inflame passions further. India has decisively won the battle against the foreign-based militants and terror outfits from Pakistan, but it now confronts a far graver problem of winning over the youth of Kashmir before an entire generation gets detached from India, a most frightening prospect," it says.